The board also was supposed to vote on a contract that includes a 1 percent raise for bus drivers, custodians and maintenance workers, but the contract was not ready in time for Tuesday's meeting, district spokeswoman Peggy Caldwell said. The board will vote on that contract at an upcoming meeting.

See the contract below.

School board members approved a similar deal with the district's 380 teachers in January, ending a pay freeze that had been in effect since 2009. But Caldwell said contract negotiations began way before the school board voted to place the levy on the ballot in January.

"The teachers were in the first cycle of negotiations that began last year," Caldwell said. "This is totally separate from the passage of the levy."

Caldwell did not know how much the salary increases will cost each year for the district, which is the highest taxing school district in the state.

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